“Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship”

“... One that would have the fruit must climb the tree... Great hopes make great men... Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship... All things are difficult before they are easy.... ”

“Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.”

“It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.”

“Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery.”

“You gazed at the moon and fell in the gutter.”

“Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.”